Telephone Justice for a Livery Thief
A would-be thief who fleeces his benefactor is caught after an early use of long-distance communication stops him on the boat to Westport.
A certain young man, well known in Montesano, tried to sneak a dressing case from Brewer Bros.' livery stable last week. T. L. Brewer let him sleep in the barn, and in the morning he left for Westport on the boat, taking the dressing case with him. A telephone to Marshal Pearson at Aberdeen did the work. He was confronted on the boat, and deprived of his ill-gotten wealth.
“A telephone to Marshal Pearson at Aberdeen did the work.”
This captures the dawn of the 'connected' era in the Pacific Northwest, where the telephone became an immediate tool for law enforcement to bypass the limitations of distance and travel speed.
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